- accentuate v.
- To emphasize.
- accretion n.
- The slow accumulation of water-borne sediment as it is deposited on land.
- acquisition n.
- The action of obtaining something.
- advocacy n.
- Public support for a cause or policy.
- agronomist n.
- One who studies the management of rural land.
- apartheid n.
- In South Africa, the segregation of people of European descent from those of non-European descent.
- arroyo n.
- A dry creek bed that temporarily fills with water after heavy rains.
- asylum n.
- A refuge; a safe haven.
- balk v.
- To object.
- bureaucracy n.
- A system of officials.
- coalition n.
- An alliance for a specific combined action.
- commodity n.
- A good to be traded or sold.
- concomitant adj.
- Accompanying.
- consecration n.
- The formal dedication of a religious building or property.
- consolidation n.
- When multiple companies merge together.
- coup d’etat n.
- A sudden, violent overthrow of government.
- degradation n.
- Dreadful living conditions.
- demeanor n.
- Manner or way of behaving.
- demographics n.
- Statistics describing the characteristics of a population.
- detriment n.
- A cause of harm.
- detrimental adj.
- Harmful.
- diversifying n.
- The production of a variety of products.
- draconian adj.
- Very harsh or severe.
- dynamic equilibrium n.
- A condition in which all acting influences are canceled by others, resulting in a stable, balanced, or unchanging system; a stable balance.
- eclectic adj.
- Selecting from diverse sources.
- effluent n.
- Something that flows out or forth, especially a stream flowing out of a body of water, an outflow from a sewer or sewage system, or a discharge of liquid waste as from a factory or nuclear plant.
- encroach v.
- Intrude or trespass on something.
- entrepreneur n.
- Someone who owns and manages a business, taking a risk of profit or loss.
- entrepreneurial adj.
- Related to owning a business.
- erosion n.
- The process by which sediment on land is worn away by the action of water, glaciers, winds, waves, etc.
- esprit de corps n.
- The concern the members of a group have for the interests of the group as a whole and for all other members of the group.
- euphoria n.
- A state of cheerfulness, especially based on overconfidence or excessive optimism.
- extradition n.
- The giving up of a prisoner from one authority to another.
- feasibility n.
- Capability of being done.
- fiscally adv.
- In a manner pertaining to financial matters.
- galvanize v.
- To stimulate or startle into activity.
- gastroenterologist n.
- A physician who deals with the study of medicine involving the stomach and intestines.
- guerilla n.
- Member of a small, independent force fighting irregular warfare, usually against a larger, regular army.
- hydrologist n.
- Someone who studies the science of water.
- impede n.
- To stand in the way of.
- impetus n.
- The driving force.
- impropriety n.
- Bad behavior; lack of modesty.
- indigenous adj.
- Native, or belonging naturally to a particular region.
- infrastructure n.
- The basic facilities, services, and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society, such as transportation and communications systems, water and power lines, and public institutions including schools, post offices, and prisons.
- injunction n.
- A court order that prevents an action from being taken or requires an action to be taken.
- innovation n.
- The changing of what is established through the introduction of new elements.
- insolvency n.
- Inability to pay debts or discharge liabilities.
- insurgency n.
- Uprising or rebellion.
- intransigent adj.
- Uncompromising.
- inundate v.
- To overflow with water; to flood.
- jurisdiction n.
- Authority or control.
- long-marginalized adj.
- Forced to the margin of a dominant social group for a long time.
- lymphoma n.
- A tumor which resembles lymphoid tissue, part of the lymphatic system which affects the immune system.
- moot adj.
- Having no practical significance or relevance.
- moratorium n.
- A temporary suspension of an activity.
- mujahedeen n.
- An organization of fighters who seek to defend or proagate Islam.
- niche n.
- A specialized market for a product or service.
- nuclear proliferation n.
- The increase of the possession of nuclear weapons.
- offshoring n.
- The practice of moving a business operation abroad.
- onerous adj.
- Burdensome; difficult.
- ostentatiously adv.
- In a showy manner or a manner designed to attract attention.
- oust v.
- To expel or remove from a position.
- paramilitary force n.
- A force with a function and organization similar to those of a professional military force but which do not have a professional or legitimate status.
- PCB n.
- Polychlorinated biphenyls, a type of plastic once used in manufacturing. PCBs were found to be carcinogenic and to persist in the environment, and their production was banned in the U.S. in 1979.
- perjury n.
- Swearing to a statement which one knows to be false, especially in a court of law when under oath.
- populist n.
- A person who wishes to represent the interests of ordinary people.
- precept n.
- A set of rules governing moral behavior.
- precipitous adj.
- Extremely steep.
- recalcitrant adj.
- Uncooperative; unwilling to accept authority.
- recourse n.
- An act of resorting or turning to a person or thing for help.
- repatriate v.
- To restore a person to his or her native country.
- rescind v.
- To take back or cancel.
- revetment n.
- A barricade of earth or sand set up to provide protection from explosions and blasts.
- sanction v.
- (v.) To authorize or allow. (n.) Approval.
- sanction n.
- An economic or military action taken by a nation or alliance of nations against another nation as an act of coercion
- sanguine adj.
- Hopeful; optimistic.
- sectarian n.
- A member of a specified sect.
- semi-autonomous adj.
- Partially independent.
- semiconductor n.
- A material whose capacity to conduct electricity is intermediate between that of a good conductor and an insulator.
- squall line n.
- A line of severe thunderstorms that forms along or ahead of a cold front.
- stoicism n.
- Repression of feeling; fortitude.
- stringent adj.
- Rigorous; strict.
- stymied adj.
- Impeded, obstructed, frustrated, or thwarted.
- supercell n.
- A thunderstorm that develops a large-scale rotation fueled by continuous updraft.
- supersede v.
- To take the place or position of.
- technocrat n.
- Someone who advocates government or control by a group of elite technical experts.
- totalitarianism n.
- A system of government which demands the subservience of the individual to the State.
- trajectory n.
- A path, progression, or line of development.
- transitory adj.
- Not permanent.
- transnational adj.
- Extending beyond national boundaries.
- tsunami n.
- A great wave caused by an earthquake or eruption under water.
- vertical integration n.
- Control of all aspects of a product's manufacture from raw materials to distribution.
- virulence n.
- The quality of being extremely poisonous or venomous.
